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Jim Knight

Labour MP for South Dorset

• Minister of State (the South West), Department for Work and Pensions (since 10 Jun 2009)
  Minister of State (the South West), Regional Affairs (since 10 Jun 2009)

• Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
• Majority: 1,812 votes. — 577th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Jim Knight voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Never rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Defence, Culture Media and Sport, Deputy Prime Minister, Trade and Industry, Education and Skills

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Policies (South Dorset), Departmental Sponsorship, Wind Turbines, Local Government Finance (Dorset), Local Government Finance

(based on written questions asked by Jim Knight and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (18 out of n/a)
• Education and Skills Bill Committee (20 out of n/a)
• Commons Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Education and Inspections Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Human Tissue Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Sex Discrimination (Clubs and Other Private Associations) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Fire and Rescue Services Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
• School Transport Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Carers (Equal Opportunities) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Licensing Bill Committee (16 out of n/a)
• Crime (International Co-operation) Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Regional Assemblies (Preparations) Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• Water Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• International Development Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Complaints: Bexley (8 Feb 2010)

“The information is not available in the format requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.”

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Departmental Advertising (8 Feb 2010)

“These are the costs (in £ million) of the advertising campaigns for which the Department has been responsible in the last three years. Generally speaking, those numbers show the cost of media space used for each campaign. All media buying is done through the COI, who show an average of a 49 per cent. saving over rate-card media costs. All our campaigns are evaluated to ensure that they...”

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Departmental Buildings (8 Feb 2010)

“DWP does not own any property. In 1998 and further in 2003, the Department outsourced its estate through a PFI Contract known as "PRIME" returning exchequer receipts of £250 million in 1998 and £100 million in 2003. A-Office space owned by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) Sq uare m etres /£ million Area (i) Vacant office space (square metres) 0 ...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 80% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 31 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 86 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Jim Knight speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 416 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Nil

Register last updated: 6 Jan 2010. More about the Register

View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.

² Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £939 (528th). Rail £4,030 (235th). Misc £24 (224th).

³ Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £772 (519th). Rail £3,904 (240th).

¹ Car £1,019 (533rd). Rail £2,590 (286th).